Does your religion forbide you to eat something in particular? / myLot

March 31, 2009 7:14am CST

Hi all: I notice most of religions (cults, even sects) tend not to eat a particular type of food. For example: Jainist won't anything that grows underneath the earth. Muslims dont eat pork. (and i think neither does Jewish people) Catholics had a tradition of not eating meet in Holy Thursday and holy friday. Indies dont eat beef (or cows) And so on... What i am curious about is to find out why this is common in major religions. I have thought of the possibility that at some given point in history, there were diseases within cattle, vegetables, etc. So that might have been the reason that led people to pass on the tradition of not eating certain types of food. But this is just a hypothesis. I would like to hear any opinions that have any value into the subject, so it can help me understand religions and cultures a little more. Please tell me if you are from a religion not mention above, and if there is something your religion wouldn't allow you to eat and why. Thanks all!

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Pose123

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• Canada

15 Apr 09

Hi Hastur, I have read that the cow is sacred to the Hindu and since it is the major religion of India, that is why beef isn't eaten there. As far as Christianity goes, Jesus Christ said that what goes into the body does not defile a person. Eating fish on certain days was political rather than religious and goes back to the days when the Christian church had great political influence and the idea was to help fishermen and the fish Merchants. In the beginning there may have been some health reasons for not eating certain foods, among all cultures but if there were it got lost in all the mumble jumble of religion. I know that some modern offshoots of Christianity urge their adherents to follow a healthy life style. Blessings.